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| Ed Sheeran is spotted playing in Ipswich | Ed Sheeran is spotted playing in Ipswich |
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| Ed Sheeran did an impromptu gig in the centre of Ipswich | Ed Sheeran did an impromptu gig in the centre of Ipswich |
| Ed Sheeran has been spotted playing an impromptu gig in Ipswich. | Ed Sheeran has been spotted playing an impromptu gig in Ipswich. |
| Crowds gathered to watch the star as he performed his hit song The A Team outside the town hall. | Crowds gathered to watch the star as he performed his hit song The A Team outside the town hall. |
| Speaking to the crowd he said: "I've played so many shows here and have such love for this place - I'm so happy to be back here." | Speaking to the crowd he said: "I've played so many shows here and have such love for this place - I'm so happy to be back here." |
| The singer grew up in Framlingham in Suffolk and still has a home there, and is also an Ipswich Town fan. | The singer grew up in Framlingham in Suffolk and still has a home there, and is also an Ipswich Town fan. |
| He told the crowd: "I haven't been back to play a show in Ipswich since I played the Chantry Park shows, but those Chantry Park shows were the first I'd probably done since 2010." | He told the crowd: "I haven't been back to play a show in Ipswich since I played the Chantry Park shows, but those Chantry Park shows were the first I'd probably done since 2010." |
| He played hits including Sing, Don't and Overpass Graffiti from his latest album. | |
| Arthur, 11, pictured with his mother Helen, had his guitar signed by Ed Sheeran | |
| Ciaran Smith, who stopped to watch the performance, said Sheeran spotted a young boy with a guitar in the crowd and offered to give the youngster his guitar when he finished playing. | Ciaran Smith, who stopped to watch the performance, said Sheeran spotted a young boy with a guitar in the crowd and offered to give the youngster his guitar when he finished playing. |
| Arthur, 11, was on his way to a guitar lesson when he heard Sheeran was playing and decided to abandon the lesson in favour of seeing the singer perform. | |
| At the end of the gig, Sheeran signed his guitar with 'Arthur keep playing!'. | |
| Ed Sheeran did an impromptu gig in the centre of Ipswich | |
| Ciaran Smith, who stopped to watch the performance, said Sheeran spotted a young boy with a guitar in the crowd and offered to give the youngster his guitar when he finished playing. | |
| Arthur, 11, was on his way to a guitar lesson when he heard Sheeran was playing and decided to abandon the lesson in favour of seeing the singer perform. | |
| At the end of the gig, Sheeran signed his guitar with 'Arthur keep playing!' | |
| Holly Williamson 43, from Ipswich, was with her children when she spotted the impromptu concert. | Holly Williamson 43, from Ipswich, was with her children when she spotted the impromptu concert. |
| She said: "It was such a lovely atmosphere, my children have never got to see Ed Sheeran before and it made their day. | She said: "It was such a lovely atmosphere, my children have never got to see Ed Sheeran before and it made their day. |
| "He's such an amazing local celebrity who is so down to earth and a man of the people." | "He's such an amazing local celebrity who is so down to earth and a man of the people." |
| The singer announced on his Instagram Story he was was about to do a free gig near Ipswich Town Hall after buying a guitar at local shop Music World. | |
| Well, that doesn’t happen every day… working from Ipswich Town Hall today and ‘bump’ into Ed Sheeran doing a gig! | |
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